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Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Pul-eeze How narcisstic can you get?
  • INTERESTING CONCEPTS BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE!
  • Realistic, practical, and hopeful.
  • Realistic, practical, and hopeful.
  • Realistic, practical, and hopeful.
Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
Candice Carpenter
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

"Her own genuinely encouraging chapters take the reader through the various stages of closing an old chapter and opening a new one. . . . She offers genuine help by giving people the words to understand and describe what they are going through as they close and open chapters of their lives."­­Publishers Weekly

"An engaging and instructive read."­­Fast Company

In Chapters, author Candice Carpenter offers concrete, step-by-step guidance for planning ahead for major changes, knowing when it's time to shift gears and embark on a new chapter, handling false starts and failures, and achieving true personal satisfaction over a lifetime.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Pul-eeze How narcisstic can you get?.......2003-05-28

I have to admit, this book does have a good premise and some good practical exercises -

however - I could hardly relate to Ms. Carpenter and her assorted group of colleagues, all of whom seem rather "priviliged" in their varied media/outdoors/CEO status. You could hardly imagine these case studies really "suffered" with career problems; they all seemed rather "connected" (power brokered), monied and probably from families that eased the way for them to start off. The Chapters book was rather self-serving of Carpenter, who "discovered" a new career of writing/coaching (albiet with a ghost writer/collaborator). I was soooooo turned off by this book (like "oh, my my maid just quit, how bad can it get??"). I am a well educated professional myself but have none of the luxury and "connections" Carpenter seems to have. As a quite "elitist" book, I suggest it only if you went to an Ivy League school and/or were "born into" money. Sorry be be so negative, but that's what I came away with here.

3 out of 5 stars INTERESTING CONCEPTS BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE!.......2002-03-12

Much of what the author is saying in this book looks good on paper; however, many suggestions are simply not practical for anyone in a low-income bracket. How many individuals could afford to have a year's wages set aside in the event they lose (or quit) their job? If you are a professional with considerable investments and savings, that may be possible, but for one who lives from paycheque to paycheque and just barely scrapes by, that idea is a dream not a realistic possibility.

On the positive side, there is much truth to the fact that an individual will have an average of nine different jobs through the course of their employable years. Life is indeed much like the chapters of a book - for everyone that ends another begins. In this respect, the author does help us to understand the various stages we go through as we close one chapter and begin another. There are some interesting anecdotes in the book and a lot of inspiration; however, readers will need to read the suggestions and apply what they feel will work for them based on their own unique personal situation. A "one-shoe-fits-all" approach cannot be found here because we have such varied income levels, disposable income, and financial responsibilities. Read the book for the tips it contains, then decide what will personally work for you and what will not.

5 out of 5 stars Realistic, practical, and hopeful........2002-03-11

As a psychotherapist and author who teaches the importance of facing fear head on (Embracing Fear, HarperSanFrancisco) I am always glad to see a book like Chapters that offers a realistic perspective, useful guidance and a hopeful message. Uncertainty is indeed the very nature of life, and Ms. Carpenter's well-written and organized book is based on the premise that coming to terms with that uncertainty (accepting that we cannot change this fact) is the key to feeling secure. (Isn't irony ironic?)

Like Gavin de Becker (Fear Less), Candice Carpenter has a way of pointing to what is real and reassuring us with it. The best news is that her reassurance --- backed by her own experience, thoughtful research, and genuine compassion --- has tremendous credibility.

I can think of at least a half dozen people I will recommend Chapters to immediately. And it certainly will go on the next edtion of my reading list for clients.

5 out of 5 stars Realistic, practical, and hopeful........2002-03-11

As a psychotherapist and author who teaches the importance of facing fear head on (Embracing Fear, HarperSanFrancisco) I am always glad to see a book like Chapters that offers a realistic perspective, useful guidance and a hopeful message. Uncertainty is indeed the very nature of life, and Ms. Carpenter's well-written and organized book is based on the premise that coming to terms with that uncertainty (accepting that we cannot change this fact) is the key to feeling secure. (Isn't irony ironic?)

Like Gavin de Becker (Fear Less), Candice Carpenter has a way of pointing to what is real and reassuring us with it. The best news is that her reassurance --- backed by her own experience, thoughtful research, and genuine compassion --- has tremendous credibility.

I can think of at least a half dozen people I will recommend Chapters to immediately. And it certainly will go on the next edtion of my reading list for clients.

5 out of 5 stars Realistic, practical, and hopeful........2002-03-11

As a psychotherapist and author who teaches the importance of facing fear head on (Embracing Fear, HarperSanFrancisco) I am always glad to see a book like Chapters that offers a realistic perspective, useful guidance and a hopeful message. Uncertainty is indeed the very nature of life, and Ms. Carpenter's well-written and organized book is based on the premise that coming to terms with that uncertainty (accepting that we cannot change this fact) is the key to feeling secure. (Isn't irony ironic?)

Like Gavin de Becker (Fear Less), Candice Carpenter has a way of pointing to what is real and reassuring us with it. The best news is that her reassurance --- backed by her own experience, thoughtful research, and genuine compassion --- has tremendous credibility.

I can think of at least a half dozen people I will recommend Chapters to immediately. And it certainly will go on the next edtion of my reading list for clients.
Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
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    Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
    Candice Carpenter
    Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: B000OG78HI
    Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
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      Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
      Candice Carpenter
      Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000K8IBNU
      Chapters : Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
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        Chapters : Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change
        Candice Carpenter
        Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback
        ASIN: B000OG42OA

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